Head High

Joey Bada$$(조이 배드에스)

Yeah

(Statik Selektah)

Time waits for no man life is

but a two step slow jam

Dancin' with the devil

tryin' not to lose my balance

Look God blessed the kid

with many talents he was chosen

It's why you see him livin' in the moment

Every second gotta own it

'Cause you never know when could be your last

Time breathin' now you bleedin'

from the gun blast

And you thinkin' 'bout the past see

your whole life in a flash

Best friends lowerin'

your casket now your son a bastard

Pressure on his shoulders make him

gotta grow faster

Where I'm from the stories never end

with no happily ever afters (Uh)

Just broken families forced

to start new chapters

A natural disaster the cycle in a loop

And we caught up in a rapture

Not to mention all the other factors

Government agendas against rappers

They wanna see us either dead or captured

So I hold my head high 'til they put me below

Best know 'til the day I die

I'ma keep my heat close

This is for my niggas who took a day to relax

Huggin' their block

but the block ain't hug 'em back

So we hold our head high

'til they put us below

Best know 'til the day we die

we gon' keep this heat close

This is for my niggas who took a day to relax

Huggin' the block but the block ain't hug us back

Took a trip to Miami that March (Uh)

Couple weeks right

before my daughter got born  (Uh)

To meet up with this kid by the name of X

Had to go to him

'cause he was on house arrest nonetheless

Our first time meetin'

we was always on the FaceTime

He offered me his place to stay

Thank you but I decline

First impression in my mind

Now that's a stand up nigga

Someone I could call a friend of mine

and that's tough nigga

Shit I could talk about any type of stuff with him

Never gave a fuck about

who didn't fuck with him

See that's my nigga

I had to keep it a buck with him

When he played me his album

I told him what he was missin'

A lot of niggas woulda took that shit different

woulda thought that I was dissin'

Instead we found this beat and started riffin'

Shit had me reminiscin' had me

thinkin' 'bout Steelo

Now that I can see his vision

So I hold my head high 'til they put me below

Best know 'til the day I die

I'ma keep my heat close

This is for my niggas who took a day to relax

Huggin' their block

but the block ain't hug 'em back

So we hold our head high 'til they put us below

Best know 'til the day we die

we gon' keep this heat close

This is for my niggas who took a day to relax

Huggin' the block but the block ain't hug us back